Tusculum

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Tuscŭlum, i, n.,

I a very ancient town of Latium , on a hill near the modern Frascati , Liv. 2, 15 sq.; 6, 33 sq.; Cic. Font. 18, 41; id. Div. 1, 43, 98; 2, 45, 94; Hor. Epod. 1, 29 al.—Hence,

A Tuscŭlā-nus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tusculum , Tusculan : ager, Varr. L. L. 7, § 318 Müll.: colles, Liv. 3, 7, 3: aqua, Cic. Balb. 20, 45: populus, Liv. 8, 37: sacra, Varr. L. L. 6, § 16 Müll. et saep.— Substt.

a Tuscŭlānum , i, n., the name of several estates at Tusculum; so Cicero's estate there , Cic. Att. 2, 1, 11; 7, 5, 3; id. Fam. 7, 23, 3.—Hence, Tusculanae Disputationes, the title of a work written there by Cicero.An estate of Caesar , Cic. de Or. 2, 3, 13.—Of L. Crassus , Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 24; 1, 21, 98.—Of M. Crassus , Cic. Att. 4, 16, 3.—Of Lucullus , Cic. Ac. 2 ( Luc. ), 48, 148; id. Fin. 3, 2, 7 al.

IV —Hence, Tuscŭlānensis , e, adj., of or pertaining to Tusculum : dies, passed at the Tusculan estate , Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4.—

b Tuscŭlāni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tusculum , Tusculans , Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64; Varr. L. L. 6, 3, 55; Cic. Off. 1, 11, 35; id. Balb. 13, 31.—

B Tuscŭlus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Tusculum , Tusculan (poet. for Tusculanus): tellus, Tib. 1, 7, 57; Mart. 9, 61, 2: colles, id. 4, 64, 13: moenia, Sil. 7, 692: umbra, Stat. S. 4, 4, 16.— Plur. subst. : Tuscŭli , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Tusculum , the Tusculans , Mart. 7, 31, 11.

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